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(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Dec. 6, 2018 – Attorney General Alan Wilson today announced that he has joined a bipartisan group of 40 state attorneys general to stop or reduce annoying and harmful robocalls. This coalition is reviewing the technology major telecom companies are pursuing to combat illegal robocalls. “Robocalls are one of the biggest complaints we get because they annoy all of us,” Attorney General Wilson said. “It’s difficult for states alone to fight these, especially when the calls come from other states or other countries, but we’re committed to working together to find ways to reduce them and make…

(COLUMBIA, S.C.) – Dec. 5, 2018 – After one-and-a-half days of trial testimony, Kevin Mark Willson pleaded guilty Tuesday to two counts of Sexual Exploitation of a Minor, 3rd Degree before Judge Edward Miller in Greenville County. Willson was represented by Jim Bannister. In June of 2015, Special Investigator Kevin Atkins of the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office Internet Crimes Against Children Unit was sent two child pornography files from an electronic device located at the residence of Kevin Mark Willson in Taylors, SC. Investigator Atkins secured a search warrant and executed it at the defendant’s home with the assistance of…